Miguel Carballo

Miguel Carballo
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Carballo
Nickname	El Tati
Born	22 March 1979 (1979-03-22) (age 32) Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality	Argentina
Residence	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Career
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Nationwide Tour	2
Challenge Tour	1

Miguel Ángel Carballo (born 22 March 1979) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the Nationwide Tour. Known affectionately as "El Tati" Carballo, he is the first Argentine to win on the Nationwide Tour. He has played on several Tours in his career, including the European Tour (2006), Challenge Tour (2004–05), Tour de las Americas from (2003–04) and the Tour Argentino (2002–03).

Career

Carballo made the cut in 17 of 25 starts during his rookie season on the 2007 Nationwide Tour and finished the season No. 31 on the money list, with $177,712. He won the season-opening Movistar Panama Championship in his first-ever Nationwide Tour start, earning full status on Tour through the end of the 2008 season. He gained entry into the field by being one of the top-eight players on the Tour de las Americas Order of Merit.

Caraballo posted his first professional victory at the 2006 Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala, a co-sanctioned event on the Challenge Tour and the Tour de Las Americas. He earned his European Tour card for the first time by staging a phenomenal comeback at the 108-hole European Tour Qualifying School in 2005, posting a birdie, hole-in-one, birdie finish on the final three holes to gain playing privileges.

Professional wins (3)

Nationwide Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Jan 2007	Movistar Panama Championship	-6 (69-67-73-71=276)	2 strokes	Hunter Haas, Jim McGovern Patrick Sheehan
2	9 Oct 2011	Children's Hospital Classic	-24 (69-66-65-64=264)	2 strokes	Brice Garnett

Challenge Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	5 Feb 2006	Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala	-15 (66–66–71–70=273)	Playoff	Gustavo Rojas

See also

• 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates

External links

• Miguel Carballo at the European Tour official site
• Miguel Carballo at the PGA Tour official site
• Miguel Carballo at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Carballo, Miguel
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	22 March 1979
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death